Matilda of Habsburg

Matilda of Habsburg (1253-23 December 1304) was the eldest daughter of Rudolf I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg. She married Louis II of Bavaria in 1273 (despite being 23 years younger), becoming his third and final wife. They had four children, including Rudolf I of Bavaria and Louis IV of Germany, and Matilda served as regent for Rudolf on her husband's death in 1294. In 1302, she was arrested by Rudolf after she intervened in a civil war between the brothers Rudolf and Louis, and she was forced to leave politics. She died in Munich, Bavaria in 1304.